CODING & DECODING

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CONCEPT
Q1. If the word “CIRCUMSTANCE” is coded as CRUSACICMTNE, then the word “HAPPINESS” is
coded as?
A. HPEISAPNS B. HPISEAPNS C. HPIESPANS D. HPIESAPNS
Q2. If the word “STRUCTURE” is coded as TVUYHZBZN, then the word “REMEDY” is coded as?
A. SGPIJE B. SGPEJD C. SGPIHE D. SGPIIE
Q3. If the word “BARRICADE” is coded as AABCDEIRR, then the word “INDIVIDUAL” is coded as?
A. ADDIIILNUV B. ADDIIINLUV C. AIIIUDDLNV D. ADDINIILUV
Q4. If the word “GROUND” is coded as HPRQSX, then the word “NOURISH” is coded as?
A. OMXNNMO B. MQRVDYA C. MQRTFXA D. OMVNMNO
Q5. If the word “MAJESTY” is coded as NZKDTSZ, then which of the words is coded as HKJLQRF?
A. GLORIFY B. GLISTEN C. GLOWING D. GLIMPSE
Q6. If the word “REGISTRATION” is coded as TSIGERNOITAR, then the word “ACCURATE” is coded
as?
A. UCCAETAR B. UACCETAR C. UCACETAR D. UCCATEAR
Q1. If the word “CIRCUMSTANCE” is coded as CRUSACICMTNE, then the
word “HAPPINESS” is coded as?
A. HPEISAPNS B. HPISEAPNS C. HPIESPANS D. HPIESAPNS

C I R C U M S TA N C E HAPPINESS

C RU S AC I C M T N E
Q2. If the word “STRUCTURE” is coded as TVUYHZBZN, then the word
“REMEDY” is coded as?
A. SGPIJE B. SGPEJD C. SGPIHE D. SGPIIE

STRUCTURE R E M E DY

TVUYHZBZN
Q3. If the word “BARRICADE” is coded as AABCDEIRR, then the word
“INDIVIDUAL” is coded as?
A. ADDIIILNUV B. ADDIIINLUV
C. AIIIUDDLNV D. ADDINIILUV

BARRICADE I N D I V I D UA L

AABCDEIRR
Q4. If the word “GROUND” is coded as HPRQSX, then the word “NOURISH” is
coded as?
A. OMXNNMO B. MQRVDYA C. MQRTFXA D. OMVNMNO

GROUND NOURISH

HPRQSX
Q5. If the word “MAJESTY” is coded as NZKDTSZ, then which of the words is
coded as HKJLQRF?
A. GLORIFY B. GLISTEN C. GLOWING D. GLIMPSE

MAJESTY HKJLQRF

NZKDTSZ
Q6. If the word “REGISTRATION” is coded as TSIGERNOITAR, then the word
“ACCURATE” is coded as?
A. UCCAETAR B. UACCETAR C. UCACETAR D. UCCATEAR

R E G I S T R AT I O N A C C U R AT E

T S I G E R N O I TA R
Q7. In a certain code, if Violet is called as Green, Green is called as Red, Red
is called as Brown, Brown is called as Orange, Orange is called as Yellow,
Yellow is called as Blue and Blue is called as Indigo, then what is the color of
human blood called as?
A. Red B. Blue C. Green D. Brown
Q8. In a certain code, if Pen means Eraser, Eraser means Book, Book means
Scale, Scale means Sharpener, Sharpener means Duster and Duster means
table, then what is the name of the object that is used to clean the black
board?
A. Duster B. Sharpener C. Scale D. Table
Q9. Here are some words translated from an artificial language.
peslligen means basketball court
ligenstrisi means courtroom
oltaganti means placement test
Which word could mean "guest room"?
A. peslstrisi B. vosefstrisi C. gantipesl D. oltastrisi
Q10. If tee see pee means drink fruit juice,
see kee lee means juice is sweet, and
lee ree mee means he is intelligent,
which word in that language means sweet?
A. see B. kee C. lee D. pee
Q11. In a certain code language
$#* means ‘Shirt is clean’,
@D# means ‘Clean and neat’ and
@? means ‘neat boy’,
then what is the code for ‘and’ in that language?
A. # B. D C. @ D. Data inadequate
Q12. In a certain code language:
‘dugo hui mul zo’ stands for ‘work is very hard’
‘hui dugo ba ki’ for ‘Bingo is very smart’;
‘nano mul dugo’ for ‘cake is hard’; and
‘mul ki gu’ for ‘smart and hard’
Which of the following word stand for Bingo?
A. jalu B. Dugo C. Ki D. Ba
Q13. If '+' means '–', '–' means '×', '×' means '/' and '/' means '+' then what is
9 – 7 + 85 × 17 / 15 = ?
A. 73 B. 83 C. 43 D. 68
Q14. If A stands for +, B stands for -, C stands for x, what is the value of
(10C4)(A)(4C4)B6?
A. 60 B. 50 C. 56 D. 46
Q15. Study the following information to answer the given questions: In a certain code,
‘he was singing good’ is written as ‘la pa ho ta’,
‘good was the aim’ is written as ‘zo ho ji la’,
‘singing at the stadium’ is written as ‘ma ta ku ji’, and
‘was this a stadium’ is written as ‘ku bi ho vi’. HE - ___________

I. Which of the following represents ‘the aim stadium’? WAS - ___________

A. ma pa ji B. ku ji zo
SINGING- ___________
C. ji ku la D. ji zo ma
II. What is the code for ‘at’? GOOD - ___________
A. zo B. ma C. ji D. ku
THE - ___________
III. Which of the following may be the code for ‘she was
singing’? AIM - ___________
A. ho ma ta B. ro ta zo
C. ho ta bo D. ho bo ji AT - ___________
IV. Which of the following may be the code for ‘he good STADIUM- ___________
singing’?
A. ho ku zo B. la ma ta THIS - ___________
C. pa la ta D. pa ho bi
A - ___________
V. What is the code for ‘aim’?
A. zo B. pa C. ta D. bi
 EXTRA QUESTIONS:
Q16. In a certain code,
‘always go with ideas’ is written as ‘ba ri dib gi’,
‘ideas and with approach’ is written as ‘ta gi ma ri’,
‘go approach and insights’ is written as ‘ma jo ba ta’, and
‘with and better mind’ is written as ‘ki ri to ta’.
I. What is the code for ‘ideas’?
A. gi B. dib C. ba D. ma
II. ‘ta lo ba’ could be a code for which of the following?
A. always better ideas B. go with mind C. go and innovate D. approach and action
III. What does ‘ta’ stand for?
A. approach B. mind C. and D. with
IV. Which of the following may represent ‘insights always better’?
A. jo ki to B. to dib jo C. dib jo ri D. dib to ba
V. What is code for ‘with’?
A. ki B. ri C. ta D. to
 EXTRA QUESTIONS:

Q17. In a certain code, if each letter in the English alphabet, with an odd numbered value is given a code
of 2 and each of the remaining letters is coded as 1, then what is the code for the word SALVATION?
A. 211221121 B. 211121212 C. 221112122 D. 221121221

Q18. In a certain code, if CRICKET is coded as 3923564, ROCKET is coded as 913564 and KETTLE is coded
as 564406, then how is LITTLE coded as?
A. 244060 B. 024406 C. 020446 D. 200446

Q19. If rain is called water, water is called air, air is called cloud, cloud is called sky, sky is called sea, sea is
called road, where do the aeroplanes fly?
A. Water B. Road C. Sea D. Cloud

Q20. In a certain code FLOWER is coded as 36 and SUNFLOWER is coded as 81, then how to code
FOLLOWS?
A. 42 B. 49 C. 63 D. 36
ANSWER KEY – CODING & DECODING

QUESTION ANSWER QUESTION ANSWER

1 D 11 B
2 D 12 D
3 A 13 A
4 A 14 B
5 D 15 B,B,C,C,A
6 A 16 A,C,C,B,B
7 D 17 D
8 B 18 B
9 B 19 C
10 B 20 B